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Research Data Services @ OSU

The OSU Libraries Research Data Services group is housed within the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services. We provide guidance and support for all aspects of the data lifecycle, from planning your data management strategy during the proposal phase through preserving your data at the conclusion of your project. Our services are free of charge, and we are happy to partner with you on proposals and projects.

Why improve your data stewardship?

How Can We Help?

Not sure where to start? See Campus Data Services for a list of data-related services and support all over campus

Need to write a data management plan? We offer several resources for you.

Interested in learning about the best ways to organize, store, share and preserve your data? See our guide to managing data.

Questions? Contact us!

DMP support

We offer consultation support in addition to online tools and information related to creating a data management plan and meeting agency requirements. See our related guide for more information, and contact us with questions.

Data sharing & preservation services

Did you know that you can meet funder and journal requirements for sharing data by using OSU's institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU? See our related guide for more information! If you have questions, please contact us.

Quick Tools

If you are looking for useful tools to address your data management challenges, start with these:

U.S. funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health require researchers to supply detailed, cost-effective plans for managing research data, called Data Management Plans.

Several universities and organizations are developing the DMPTool to help researchers meet these new requirements. In specific, the DMPTool will help researchers: